Sun, Sea and Squid

After a boisterous night last night, the winds eased out and out and out today. We have been averaging just over 3 knots all day but we are sailing. We have to get out to 110 West longitude before we get steadier winds. When I went up on deck this morning to shake out the reefs in the main I found a dead hitchhiker on the coach roof just aft of the mast. It seems that squid can fly. Must have got washed up in the waves we were taking on deck last night. No problem, throw it over the side. A couple of hours later, Cathy finds another one in the cockpit. Must be from the waves we had coming into the cockpit last night. We had a pretty wet cockpit but we both managed to avoid any soakings. It's now 2:00 am and we ran out of wind an hour ago so we are motoring at low revs until we get some wind. Oh well, use the fuel now or later, at some point we won't be able to. The sea is actually glassy calm with just a gentle swell.

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